Mehmet Nuri Efendi
Born Year not recorded · Silistra (Silistre) · Dated entries 1888 to 1898 (AH 1306 to 1315)
Languages Turkish
Archival reference BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433
The career, year by year
Read every yearEach mark opens a dated entry. Colour identifies the place; blank years remain gaps.
Places and reading notes
- Istanbul (Dersaadet)
- Ankara
6 distinct dated years. Stacked marks retain different posts, rates or accounts without assigning an order within that year. Grey marks have no service place.
The life
Mehmet Nuri Efendi was born in Silistra (Silistre). Schooling included Sıbyan mektebi; Rüşdiye mektebi. The language repertoire included Turkish. [1]
The first place of work was Istanbul (Dersaadet). Dated career entries span 1888/89 (AH 1306) to 1897/98 (AH 1315) across 6 AH years, from Istanbul (Dersaadet) to Ankara and ending with entries for telgraf ve posta merkez katibi. More than one post or place appears in 1 of those years. Place names include Istanbul (Dersaadet) and Ankara. [1]
Monthly pay went from 125 kuruş in 1888/89 (AH 1306) to 300 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315); the highest recorded monthly rate is 300 kuruş in 1897/98 (AH 1315). [1]
Life and career
Follow 3 dated stages in the life. Choose a year in the life ribbon below the map. Places and earlier connections accumulate as you advance; All stops reveals the overview.
Stage 1 of 3 · Istanbul (Dersaadet)
How to read this map
Connections join located entries in chronological stages; other recorded places stay in the text. Dashed connections pass intervening stages without a map position. They do not document a travel route or continuous service.
Entries within the same AH year are not ordered. Stages with more than one located locality remain unconnected; each source place stays visible.
1 1888/89 (AH 1306) · 4 recorded years
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
AH entries: 1306, 1307, 1308, 1309. Gaps remain open.
Within-year entry order unresolved
Posta Memuru
100 kuruş
mekatib dairesi memuru
125 kuruş
mekatib dairesi memuru
125 kuruş
Continuing service as described
mekatib dairesi memuru
150 kuruş
mekatib dairesi memuru
150 kuruş
Continuing service as described
mekatib dairesi memuru
150 kuruş
Continuing service as described
mekatib dairesi memuru
200 kuruş
2 1893/94 (AH 1311)
Istanbul (Dersaadet)
tahrirat kalemi mübeyyizi
250 kuruş
3 1897/98 (AH 1315)
Ankara
telgraf ve posta merkez katibi
300 kuruş
3 entries without a resolved year
These entries remain outside the dated sequence. Their position in the life cannot be established from the recorded year field.
- mülazım (posta) · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Undated Entry & evidence → Source [1]
- Birth · Silistra (Silistre) · Year not recorded
- First work as recorded · Istanbul (Dersaadet) · Year not recorded
Gregorian spans accompany recorded AH years; exact dates retain their cited wording. Stated ages are labelled; other ages are calculated only within the same recorded calendar. Missing amounts remain unrecorded; zero remains zero.
Pay over time
Pay in its time
Dated AH salary records of the currently selected officials; undated evidence remains in the chronology.
Use Enter, Space or ← / → on a salary point, or click the percentile panel to choose the nearest observed AH year. All yearly values appear below.
Marks show observed AH years only; gaps remain blank and no line implies continuous pay or service. The reference range includes the focal official when they are in the sample.
How the comparison is calculated
One highest recorded salary per official and AH year. Same-year medians, nearest-rank 10th and 90th percentiles, and relative standing are recomputed from the selected collection.
Amounts are nominal monthly kuruş in years with a recorded salary. Gaps are left blank; values are not adjusted for prices. Explicitly unpaid zero entries remain in the chronology and are omitted from logarithmic salary plots.
View the yearly values
| AH year | Official rate | Sample median | Sample p10 to p90 | Paid less | N |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1888/89 (AH 1306) | 125 | 400 | 135 to 1,500 | 8.8% | 1797 |
| 1889/90 (AH 1307) | 150 | 400 | 130 to 1,500 | 10.7% | 1874 |
| 1890/91 (AH 1308) | 150 | 400 | 125 to 1,500 | 11.0% | 1896 |
| 1891/92 (AH 1309) | 200 | 400 | 140 to 1,600 | 14.9% | 1927 |
| 1893/94 (AH 1311) | 250 | 400 | 140 to 1,400 | 21.2% | 1929 |
| 1897/98 (AH 1315) | 300 | 400 | 140 to 1,425 | 28.1% | 1891 |
Career patterns and pay
Recorded pay over the career
Kuruş · dated amountsSelect an amount for its date, post, place and age.
● Post entry● Retirement● Other status
Dated rates and labelled continuing-service entries, not total annual earnings. Missing amounts remain blank; zero remains zero.
Where the career is recorded
Distinct AH years with career entriesGaps do not count as service. One year can have entries in several places.
Amounts recorded by place
Kuruş · smallest to largest dated rate- Istanbul (Dersaadet)100 to 250
- Ankara300
Ranges retain different rates and source assertions. Retirement amounts are separate from post pay.
Titles across the recorded years
Distinct AH years with each recorded titleThe most recorded title wordings. A year may include more than one title; these counts do not establish promotions or continuous tenure.
Related officials in the salary reference
- Silistra (Silistre)53 other officialsMehmet Emin Efendi born 1845 (AH 1261); highest salary 800 kuruş
- Istanbul301 other officialsMehmed Said Paşa 5 shared years; highest salary 45,000 kuruş
- 1888/89 (AH 1306)172 other officialsİlyas Fahri Efendi first entry in Istanbul; highest salary 2,500 kuruş
Education and personal record
All personal fields and their sources
Personal details
Education and languages
First work and apprenticeship
- First work place
- İstanbul [source]
Sources and evidence
- Sicill-i Ahval defterlerine göre Silistreli devlet memurları
KEMAL TERLEMEZ · 2026 · Pages 51
BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433; 164 BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433.; BOA, DH. SAİD,d. 58/433
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The chronology groups compatible entries for reading. Each original account remains available with its wording, dates, amounts and archival reference.
Yearly entries and their source passages · 6 dated AH years
Annual salary study and register readings
The separate annual salary reference account has 9 entries. Its maps, salary comparisons, register readings and original values remain available in the study view.